Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, March 2016-March 2019.
Surveillance, Respiratory Infections, Viruses, Zoonoses, coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, Testing, MERS-CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
During March 2016-March 2019, a total of 200,936 suspected cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection were identified in Saudi Arabia; infections were confirmed in 698 cases (0.3% [0.7/100,000 population per year]). Continued surveillance is necessary for early case detection and timely infection control response.
Abdullah M. Assiri, Abdullah Alzahrani, Glen R. Abedi, John T. Watson, Holly M Biggs, Hani Jokhdar, Stephanie A Kujawski, Safaa Tunkar, Nada Alghawi
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention